Can I enlist even though im still in highschool? I just want to be infantry.
2007-08-22 18:15:34 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
You can enlist, with parental consent, at 17. Without consent at 18. If still in HS, you go into the Delayed Entry Program, or DEP. The advantage to this is your recruiter will work with you and the other members of the DEP, called pollies, to help get you ready for boot camp. You will run and do other forms of PT. You will also have classes on Marine Corps knowledge, history, traditions, and customs and courtesies. Believe me, it does help. Also, if you bring in I believe 3 people who end up enlisting, you can go to boot camp a PFC instead of a Pvt. That means more money and possibly faster promotion when you get to the fleet. As far as being infantry, that is MOS 03. Tell your recruiter you want to be guaranteed 03. It's a hard road, but the rewards are outstanding. Good luck to you. i hope this helps and if you any further questions or need anything further explained, drop me an e-mail.
2007-08-22 18:31:05 · answer #1 · answered by Marine till Death 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Main benefit to enlisting early is that you have a longer period between enlisting and shipping to boot camp. During that time Marine Recruiters will work with you to help you prepare. That can make a world of difference. Talk to a recruiter
2007-08-22 18:25:01 · answer #2 · answered by Douglas K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The marines do no longer do subs. They do besides the undeniable fact that fly so there are marine piloting jobs and aviation jobs a plenty. the different pastime marines do on distributors is risk-free practices. playstation i could drop the Naval on your description of the marine corps or some jar head is probably to grant you a 5 knuckle practise. As for starting to be a member of the marines after a scientific discharge it may count in the adventure that your scientific project is fastened or no longer.
2016-12-16 03:38:34 · answer #3 · answered by laranjeira 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are no benefits to joining early in fact there are drawbacks
1. you will learn more in your Senior year, it will reflect in a higher asvab score your gt score determines allot of what you will do in the service. take it after your Senior year it will be higher
2 you might change your mind as to what jobs interest you
3 with a higher asvab score you can get a enlistment bonus and station of choice , ect ect ect
4 . if you choose not to go in to delayed entry don't get talked into marine reserves then go into active once you graduate , cause reserve members cannot collect retirement until they reach 65, and that may not mean much to you now but after 20 years in and you want to retire at 38 well cause you spent a few months in the reserves you have 17 more years till the retirement comes in , and that is allot of cash you are missing out on
good luck on your decision what ever it is
2007-08-22 18:36:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't "enlist" while still in high school. You can discuss your desires with your recruiter, but until you graduate, it's just not going to happen.
You CAN, take the ASVAB, and get up to MEPs for screening. You CAN get into the Delayed Entry Program, which after MEPs is your official Date of Service (the same date used to calculate retirement) up to one year prior to actually shipping off to bootcamp.
So Junior year (summer) you can do all of this, and then like 2 weeks after graduation, you'll be heading off to Boot Camp.
2007-08-22 18:26:21 · answer #5 · answered by Dan B 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
you sign up for DEP while still in high school, but shipping out will depend on you actually graduating. Also, if you are not yet 18, you will have to get all legal parent/guardian signatures.
There are no tangible benefits while in DEP, save locking up your job and ship date as early as possible.
2007-08-23 00:54:55 · answer #6 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the only benefit would be that you would be in the "delayed entry program" for longer and that time counts towards your time after you get out, if you decided to get out..When i joined it was in the middle of my senior year and i had to wait until December to go to boot camp, there really is no big benefit
2007-08-22 18:24:26 · answer #7 · answered by LAVADOG 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You get out Younger. Which means if you become a lifer, you retire at an earlier age. Talk to a recruiter. www.marines.com
2007-08-22 18:19:43 · answer #8 · answered by Cali_wife12306 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why?
Please first go to the Counter Recruitment web site and hear the other side of the story.
I am assuming you were approached and promised the world by a campus recruiter.
Don't sign anything until you do the research. Please talk to your parents and get their opinion. This is a very serious decision.
Deadly serious.
2007-08-22 19:06:19 · answer #9 · answered by LBee 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋